All the World
Introduction
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All the World
Image: © Simon Carey Taken: 24 Oct 2010
The name of this small triangle of land according to the 1838 tithe map that is bounded by Hedges Hill, Binsted Lane and a public footpath. Now a garden belonging to a house called Ashurst which is just visible to the left. A small pocket of Reading Beds clay meant this was the site of kilns for the production of pottery by the 14th and 15th century. A kiln still existed in the 17th century though the site was more a clay pit the digging of which has accentuated the slope. By this date it was known as All the World, as was a house that existed on the site which had been demolished by 1716. The name stuck and was still used in the tithe map though by that time it was a copse which it remained until recently where it seems to have been grubbed to make the current garden. The current houses at the top of the hill were constructed during the interwar period.
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Image Location
Latitude
50.850015
Longitude
-0.61067